<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://lifehacker.com/397649/get-better-fireworks-photos-this-fourth-of-july' target='_blank'>http://lifehacker.com/397649/get-be...-fourth-of-july</a><br /><br /></div><p>For those of us living in the US today is Independence Day, the official birth of our country. We celebrate by lighting fires and burning stuff all day long. It begins at the grill where hot dogs, hamburgers and whatever else you want are thrown onto an open flame and end at night where we light enough gunpowder to wake the dead.</p><p><img alt="Boom!" border="0" src="http://www.ehansberry.com/ppct/2010/20100704-fireworks.jpg" /></p><p>I figured anyone in the US reading this site also has a camera and more than a few of us could use a few pointers to make sure that when we take pictures we get more than just some hazy smoke or a blur of flashing streaks across the image. Lifehacker has a few tips in the link below that will make your picture taking result in a better photo gallery. Once done, post links to your favorite shots from your Flickr, Smugmug or whatever online gallery you use for your images.</p><p>And Happy 4th of July!</p>